https://www.cbsnews.com/news/haiti-americans-weapons-detained-us-confirms-protests-president-jovenel-moise/

A State Department spokesperson in Washington would only confirm to CBS News on Monday that, "we understand that the Haitian National Police detained a group of individuals, including some U.S. citizens."

Haitian news websites said the individuals – who appeared to be all male in video posted on social media showing the suspects in custody – were found with a cache of assault style weapons, ammunition and tactical gear. The reports, citing Haitian police, say the individuals were not licensed to be in possession of the weapons.

https://www.newsweek.com/haiti-americans-arrested-weapons-mission-protests-central-bank-1335099?piano_t=1

The men were arrested at a police checkpoint close to the central bank, Joel Casseus, the head of the Port-au-Prince police station, told The Miami Herald. He said the men refused to show identification or explain why they were so heavily armed, claiming they were on a government mission.

A search of the vehicles also uncovered a telescope, backpacks, gun vests and documents, including a list of names, a police source told the Herald. When police asked the men what their intentions were, they replied that “they were on a mission, and they didn’t have to speak to us,” Casseus said. “They said they were on a government mission.”

The men refused to specify what mission they were on, but one of the men told officers “their boss would would call our boss.” At one point, another vehicle arrived carrying a man speaking French, who was also arrested.

“We used professional force to show them that we are serious,” Casseus said. “We then took them to the police station.”

Two Herald sources said that several people close to President Jovenel Moise’s administration have tried to have the men released, one suggesting the men were conducting a security operation linked to the central bank.